Mixed results for green IT goals

A majority of public sector employees do not know about environmentally friendly IT targets set out in government's Greening ICT Strategy, the BBC writes.

Wife of Sir John Sawers, the future head of MI6, in Facebook security alert

The wife of the future head of M16 has posted pictures and details of family holidays on social networking site Facebook, causing a potential security alert, Times Online reports.

Phorm shares fall as BT opts out

The BBC reports that shares in the online targeted advertising company Phorm have dropped by a third following news BT said it has no immediate plans to use the service.

Jonathan Ross tops the Twitter 'Most Influential' List

Chat show host Jonathan Ross has topped a list of the 'most influential Twitterers', The Telegraph reports. The list is complied based not just on how many followers a person has, but also on the number of replies, how many times their name is mentioned, etc.

'The future is going to be very exciting'

"The head of Google's new university, Ray Kurzweil believes the advance of technology will solve the energy crisis, upgrade the human genome and even lead to everlasting life". The Guardian's Ed Pilkington met futurist Ray Kurzweil for a chat, and found out the inventor's plans for everlasting life.

The rise and rise of e-readers

Amazon's latest iteration of its e-book reader, the wireless Kindle DX, is more than double the size of the original and is aimed at viewing newspapers. The BBC suggests that this latest launch points to a time where the lines between digital and analogue publishing begins to blur.

Social sites eclipse email use

Social network sites such as Facebook and MySpace are now more popular than personal email, according to a report on the BBC.

Collins looks to Bebo generation for 'piff' ideas for new dictionary

Anyone over 21 might struggle on Bebo, the social networking site that's as popular with UK teens as Facebook is with office workers. Publisher HarperCollins has teamed up with Bebo, reports the Guardian, to tap some of that "youth juice", calling on the social networking site's audience of more than 10 million UK web users to suggest cool slang words for the next edition of the Collins English Dictionary.

Samsung Blue Earth: Solar Powered Phone

Just when you thought phones could not get any greener, here comes Samsung with its eco-friendly phone called the Blue Earth that takes the theme to a new level, says Techtree.com. The Pebble shaped handset is made from recycled plastic and has an "eco-mode" which will optimise Bluetooth, screen brightness and backlight duration.